The trial against the athlete Oscar Pistorius was temporarily adjourned when he broke into sobs as he testified about the moment in which he shot at his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The lawyers asked him what exactly he said when he approached the bathroom. And it was at that time when he began to cry. On […]Load more...
At least 71 people were killed in two explosions that rocked a bus station in the outskirts of the capital of Abuja, Nigeria. The police said that 130 others were injured in the explosions, which occurred when the bus station was packed with travelers. The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, who visited the scene, blamed […]Load more...
Global trade is expected to pick up in 2014 after two years of decline, according to the World Trade Organization. The Organization, based in Geneva, predicts a trade growth of 4.7%, more than double from the previous year. But he warned that only in 2015 will global trade return to the average level of the […]Load more...
The President of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, called for the deployment of peacekeeping troops in the east of the country, where Russian activists continue occupying government buildings. Turchynov issued his statement after pro-Russian groups attacked another government official in the city of Horlivka on Monday. Video scenes show more than a hundred activists attacking the building […]Load more...
On the third day of Oscar Pistorius’s testimony in the trial for the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp he revealed new details about what happened on the night he shot her. During intense questioning from Prosecutor Gerrie Nel, Oscar Pistorius said on Wednesday that he was a prisoner of fear and fired unintentionally. «I […]Load more...
Cuba’s Foreign Ministry says that it received «with concern» the information that the imprisoned U.S. subcontractor Alan Gross had started a hunger strike last week. In the statement, signed by Josefina Vidal, General Director of the U.S. Department of the Foreign Ministry in Havana, the Cuban Government stressed that they are willing to find a […]Load more...
The Episcopal Conference of Venezuela yesterday blamed President Nicolas Maduro of trying to impose a «totalitarian government», said its President, Diego Padrón, at a press conference. Criticism by the Venezuelan Church occurs after more than two months of protests in the streets that have already left 39 dead. What is happening «is very serious, both by the magnitude and […]Load more...
The Case of Crimea, and the ease with which it seems to have been resolved, spans other European territories who sympathize with Russia. The Serbian Republic of Bosnia – the so-called Republika Srpska-, forming one country with the region inhabited by Bosniak Muslims and Croats, as they establish the peace accords that ended the war (1992-1995) is […]Load more...
The Nippon Research Institute of Riken acknowledged today that the last and revolutionary study on stem cells, led by scientist Haruko Obokata, published by the journal «Nature» contained «fraudulent» parts. The study, published in January in two articles that were picked up by «Nature», showed a very simple method to reprogram adult cells (immersing them in an acid or by […]Load more...
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned of the likely decline in the food production in South America due to climate change, and said other risks such as increased droughts and floods. Thus concludes the report presented in Yokohama (Tokyo) and produced by about 500 scientific experts and political representatives, which examines current […]Load more...
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